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sunk IN THE CHANNEL.
A Collision Sends the Steamer ". A.
SchOlten to the Bottom.
1875 PERSONS MISSING
She was Bound to New York with
2l4 Souls on Board.
A SCENE OF TERRIBLE PANIC
The Sea Filled with Struggling People
20 Minutes After the Crash.

The Sea Filled with Struggling People
20 Minutes After the Crash.
One Of the Rotterdam Steamers Coiiides
with the Rosa Mary In . Dense Fec Oh
Dsver-The w. A. scheiten's Fort Kew
stevo iu-Passensers wild with Fear
Tho Oacors Brave. but Heipiess-Dutch
Sailors striving Only to Save Themselves
-Oniy TIVE Boats Lewered-A Passing
Vessel Saves Many Lives-The Air Filled
with Cries OF the DyinE-Hrave Capt.
Ta.t Sinks with hi. ship-Twenty.twe
Bodies rsund and 40 Persons Saved.
LONDON, Nov. oO-Tho Dutch steamer w.
A. Scholten. Capt. Taat, which left Rotterdam
ON Saturday morning for New York. was sunk
by n collision with the steamer Rosa Mary OF
Har.lepool. at II o'clock last night. ten miles
on Dover. Sho carried complement Of 214
passengers and crew. Four passengers were
IN the first cnbin, Is in the second cabin and
143 in tho Storage. The crew numbered 50
snilors and officers.
The steamer Ebro Of Sunderland rescued 60
of tho crew and passengers and landed them at
the Sailors Home. Dover One hundred and
thirty-nvc persons are missing. and 70 are
known to have been saved. One passenger and
q child OF the party brought to Dover were
found dead from exposure. The W. A. Schol-
tens three masts are visible from Dover pier.
Boats at once left Dover, bound in all direc-
tons. for the purpose OF saving life and prop
erty, II possible. The Rosa Mary is anchored
of Ramsgate with her bows stove.
At the time Of the accident a dense fog pre-
vailed. The Scholten was struck on the port
bow by the Rosa Mary. Immediately after the
shock was felt the Scholten's passengers, all Of
whom had retired for the night, rushed on deck
In their nightgowns. The boats were promptly
ordered to be lowered. but 1t was found that
only two were available. The three others were
useless and were not lowered. The water
poured through the hole in the bow. and a ter
rible scene ensued. The panic-stricken pas
sengers uttered piercing shrieks. and many
fell upon their knees and prayed aloud. Little
children chung to their mothers, who themselves
were shrieking with terror. The officers were
cool and self-possessed and remained on the
bridge to the last. Several persons procured
life belts and leaped into the sen. Within twen-
ty minutes Of the shock the Scholten was en-
quilted.
All those who had put on life belts floated.
and we're rescued by the boats from the steamer
Ebro, which cruised around until o'clock In
the morning. Many Of the rescued lost wives,
husbands, brothers. and sisters. The surviv-
ors were supplied with clothes, and everything
possible was done to insure their comfort.
BODIES COMING IN WITH THE TIDE.
The Quays at Dover were crowded through
out the day with people who had come to watch
the recovery of bodies. No bodies were recover
ed in the morning because the tide was running
to the eastward, but many were brought back
with the ebb. Up to P. N. twenty-five bodies
had been landed at Dover. Darkness prevented
the recovery Of more bodies, but many boats
and tugs have put to sea on the chance Of pick
ing up others In the morning Many of those
whose bodies have been recovered look as II
they had been frozen to death.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following bodies that have foated or
been brought ashore have been identified:
RIVE BELL
HENRI BLANC Ohio
BURSrIG FRIEDMAN. merchant Of Kowal
soLoMAN GoLDsCHMIDT. cigar dealer. London.
JOHN KoENLE.
Mrs LEBENsTEIN.
- DUNTT. second steward
Mrs HAk chief stewardesa
PETER sTEILBERG. first mate.
Among the other bodies landed at Dover are
these:
woman with lcttor addressed "Hurront,
Rue st. Giles, Brussels"
man with linen marked Jacket"
AJcw with a letter addressed "Lebenstein
Hermann, 1913 Stanton street. New York"
man with letter addressed John Koch
mel. Sandusky."
Tho other bodies are mostly those OF females
Tho bodies are distorted showing that death
was caused by violence and not by drowning
Capt. John II. Taat the commander. Is be-
loved. without doubt. to have been drowned.
When last seen he was experimenting the
lowering OF the boats. and was doing what he
could to quiet tho passengers
Capt. Taat had only recently been appointed
to the command Of the Schoten. succeeding
Capt. Boujer.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
The following is a list Of the persons saved
md landed at Dover:
PAssKNGERs.
CT. ANDEARrLE, GEORGE MOORE
s. ALPSER CARL MULLER
G. APPLEBY. CAROLINE MULLER,
c, BINDERNAN. II. PAsTEUR
REICH BROMHOH T. ROBINSON
A. BERGsTEIN, FRANCOIS RETTER
SvET CArzRLIMR FRED. STEPNEY.
MONTE COLO MARIA srBLsRR
G. PREILICH, MADELESA sIMIEL.
vANDAM FoEYBRUM, 3. sIosKy.
L. GECKES, LSEBOTrI.
SARA GOLD T. SUsCARICH
GERUSG, PEKEL sCHATMEIDER
A. HAMERToN, MEYER sOHALsNEIDER
ALBERT HENsLBR L. STREICK,
MARIA HoBELsBERGEN, BARBARA sPUrz
ANNA kOENIG c. TESKE.
JUDI LEVENsE. F. WILMA
CHARLES MILgs SARAH zUHERNAN
CREW
Norz Dr. Ayme, ships surgeon: Huisinxa Kenne-
tamp Aeikelbach LUX Felnga Meyer Devries stom
feiber, WeEendan. Chrske, Guber. Mailman. Barto
flefvoyS koenix Brediua Kebringen Man Deyooye
jacob Devries Dresen. Reekera Sis!soE Debie DONNA
SprnEemsye, LunIperter. Danower, Kok, Edixhoyen
chief engineer
NARRATIVES OF THE SURVIVORS.
The passengers accounts differ regarding
the circumstances OF the collision. and the re-
ports Of the officers OF the Scholten clash with
those OF tho officers Of the Rosa Mary. Some OF
the passengers say that the evenings merri-
m"nt had ceased, and most Of the passengers
l"d retired 10 their hunks, only few remain
Ing in the saloon, when tremendous crash
MIS- heard on tho port bow. They say 1t is i'm
possible TINT tho collision could have occurred
by the Scholten striking an anchored vessel.